About Maribotics

Summary of Business

Established in January, 2004, Maribotics,LLC is located in Gray, Maine as a provider of high quality robotic marine vehicles for use in research and defense related activities. Maribotics was started by an engineer with over ten years of experience at that time, in the design and operation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) and over twenty years of experience working on the design, fabrication and testing of various electro-mechanical systems used in the marine environment. Maribotics retains a strong affiliation with The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Ocean Engineering Program at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Maribotics has the ability to hire as necessary experts in various disciplines of robotics and computer programming through term and project specific contracts with certain personnel at MIT and other outside independent operations in order to fulfill contract and customer specific requirements.

Primary Lines of Business

Maribotics’ original line of business was the production, operation and service of a line of small Autonomous Surface Craft, referred to as the SCOUT vehicle. The SCOUT vehicle was initially designed as a low cost, easily deployed surrogate AUV for development of software and multiple vehicle operations offering significant cost savings and operational simplicity over equivalent underwater vehicles. The SCOUT vehicle evolved to become an autonomous surface vehicle with utility and benefits unique to its size, flexibility and operational capability and was sold commercially on its own merits. Successful field testing of the SCOUT ASC outfitted with a compact marine winch has proven the utility of this platform as a communications and control gateway between underwater assets and airborne or other surface platforms. Maribotics has evolved over the ensuing decades, taking on projects and consulting contracts with a variety of other startups and established marine engineering firms. A sampling of the types of projects that Maribotics has been involved in can be seen on the Projects page of the website. Interested viewers will find photographs and descriptions of various projects spanning aquaculture, marine robotics and management consulting.

Facilities and Equipment

Maribotics has office and fabrication space (approximately 600 sq.ft.) in Gray, Maine as well as direct and un-restricted access to a freshwater lake suitable for in-field testing of smaller autonomous surface craft. Facilities include AUTOCAD and Solidworks design capability, COSMOS Finite Element Analysis tools, 3D printer, laser cutter and fabrication space and machine shop equipped with standard machine tools including milling, turning and welding. Water access includes use of small watercraft, dock and shore-side infrastructure support suitable for autonomous surface vehicle operations. Nearby access to open ocean water is also available through third-party contract arrangements. Maribotics also maintains a solid relationship with MIT Mechanical Engineering, allowing access to machine shop and state of the art fabrication facilities.